Intervju med Linlin Shi

Program: Master's Program in Accounting
Start of education: H04
Title: Examiner

Nationality

Chines

Country of residence

Geneva, Switzerland

Current employer and country of residence

World Intellectual Property Organization

A few words about your work tasks and responsibilities

Examine in at least two languages formality requirements of complex international applications and related documents and correspondence, ensuring conformity with set standards and timely follow-up.

Ensure a high level of customer service to users, reply to complex queries and find solutions to problems in a timely manner.

Liaise with PCT users and authorities and provide follow-up.

A little bit about my career:

My story may not be applicable to other people. I studied in Umea University after having worked for 4 years in a patent law firm. The reason I did master in Umea was that I wished to take up sth related with finance. In brief, I wanted to switch to another field and I needed to learn sth to "initiate" the switch. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a finance-related job after my graduation, and due to some family issue at that time and I needed a job to support my life immediately. So I went back to my previous law firm and since then I didn't change my job until I joint World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
 

What my studies at USBE meant to me:

So, my study in USBE couldn't help me to switch my field. But I did benefit from my study in the following aspects:

1. Gained knowledge and experienced education environment abroad. The education abroad emphasizes on both personal effort and cooperation. While in China, we did less in cooperation.
    
2. Independent and "all-new" life. It was my first time to be abroad. I needed to arrange everything by myself and in the meantime, to know the local culture and tradition. I remember that the university had some activities to introduce Swedish traditions and how to make friends with Swedes, which were very interesting and attractive to me.
    
3. With my degree of Master of Science, I registered the Chinese patent attorney's examination and obtained my qualification of patent attorney. (In China, only degrees related with science or engineering are allowable to enroll the patent attorney's exam.)
    
4. I think my Swedish degree adds a "bonus" to my resume when I applied the job in WIPO. Although there is no official evidence, according to my observation, most of the people who get jobs in WIPO have oversea education backgrounds.
   I'm proud of being a member of USBE, although I'm not doing sth related with economics. The learning method and concept of giving "all-out" effort still play important roles in my current life. Maybe it is not important of what we do, but it matters whether we could make ourselves an "expert" to wait for new opportunities and challenges.

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